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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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