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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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