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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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