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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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