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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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