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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important 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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