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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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