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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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