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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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