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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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