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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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