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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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