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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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