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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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