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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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