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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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