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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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