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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What 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 we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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