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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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