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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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