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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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