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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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