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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free 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 subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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