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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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