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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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