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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online 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 optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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