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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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