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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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