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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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