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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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