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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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