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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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