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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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