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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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