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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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