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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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