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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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