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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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