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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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