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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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