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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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