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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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