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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions 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 organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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