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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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