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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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