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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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