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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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