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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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