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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important 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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