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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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