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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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