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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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