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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 subjects that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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