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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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