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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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