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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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