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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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