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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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