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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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

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