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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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