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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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