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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators 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 classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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