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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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