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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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