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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education