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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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