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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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