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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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