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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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