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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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