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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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