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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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