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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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