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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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