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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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