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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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