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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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