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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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