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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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