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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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