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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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