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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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