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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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