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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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