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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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