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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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