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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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