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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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