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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources