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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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