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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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