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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the key 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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