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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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