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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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