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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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