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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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