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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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