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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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