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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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