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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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