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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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