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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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