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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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