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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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