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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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