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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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