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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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