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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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