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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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