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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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