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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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