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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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