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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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