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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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