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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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