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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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