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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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