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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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