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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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