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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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