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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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