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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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