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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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