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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models 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 participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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