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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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