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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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