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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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