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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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