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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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