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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models 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 teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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