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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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