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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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