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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable students all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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