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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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