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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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