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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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