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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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