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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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