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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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