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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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