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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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