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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open 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 innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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