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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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