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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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