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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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