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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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