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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Modern trends in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition? How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation.

There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major challenges associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). For more details please visit this MOOC book site.

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