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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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