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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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