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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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