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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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