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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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