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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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