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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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