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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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