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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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