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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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