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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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