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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important 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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