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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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