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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes 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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