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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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