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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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