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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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