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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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