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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important 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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