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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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