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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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