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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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