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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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