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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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