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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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