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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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