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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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