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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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