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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 several topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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