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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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