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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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