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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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