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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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