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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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