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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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