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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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