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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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