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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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