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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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