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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)