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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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