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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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