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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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