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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important 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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