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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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