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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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