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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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