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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of 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 massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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