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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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