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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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