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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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