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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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