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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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