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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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