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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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