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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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