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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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