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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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