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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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