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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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