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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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