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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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