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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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