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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the 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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