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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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