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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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