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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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