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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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