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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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