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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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