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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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