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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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