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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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