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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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