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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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