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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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