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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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