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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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