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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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