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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business 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 we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources