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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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