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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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