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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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