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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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