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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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