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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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