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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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