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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC 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 online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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