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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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