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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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