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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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