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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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