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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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