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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers 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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