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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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