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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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