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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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