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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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