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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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