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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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