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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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