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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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