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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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