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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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