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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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