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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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