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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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