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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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