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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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