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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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