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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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