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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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