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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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