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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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