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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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