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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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