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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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