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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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