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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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