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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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