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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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