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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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