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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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