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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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