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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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