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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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