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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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