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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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