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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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