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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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