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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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