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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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