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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are 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 blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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