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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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