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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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