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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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