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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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