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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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