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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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