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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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