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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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