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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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