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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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