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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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