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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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