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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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