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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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