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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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