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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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