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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 many subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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