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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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