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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What 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 participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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