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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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