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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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