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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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