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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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