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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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