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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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