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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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