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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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