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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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