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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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