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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always 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 variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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