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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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