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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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