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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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