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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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