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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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