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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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