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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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