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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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