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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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