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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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