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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources