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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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