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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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