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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data 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 book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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