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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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