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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions 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 institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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