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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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