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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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