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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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