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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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