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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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