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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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