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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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