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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key 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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