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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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