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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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