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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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