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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education