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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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