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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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