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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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