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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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