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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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