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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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