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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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