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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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