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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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