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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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