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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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