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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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