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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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