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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major 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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