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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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