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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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