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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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