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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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