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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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