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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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