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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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