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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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