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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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