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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models 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 optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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