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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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