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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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