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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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