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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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