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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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