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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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