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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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