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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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