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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure 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 experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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