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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free 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 variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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