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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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