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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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