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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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