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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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