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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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