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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies 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 participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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