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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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