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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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