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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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