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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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