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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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