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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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