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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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