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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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