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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)