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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically 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. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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