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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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