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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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