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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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