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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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