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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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