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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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