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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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