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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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