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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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