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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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