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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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