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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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