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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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