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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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