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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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