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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers 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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