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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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