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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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