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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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