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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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