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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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