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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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