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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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