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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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