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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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