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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically 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. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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