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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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