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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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