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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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