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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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