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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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