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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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