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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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