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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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