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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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