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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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