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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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