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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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