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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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