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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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