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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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