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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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