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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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