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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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