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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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