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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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