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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies 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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