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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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