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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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