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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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