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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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