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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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