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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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