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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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