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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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