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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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