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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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