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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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