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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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