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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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