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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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