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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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