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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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