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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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