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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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