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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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