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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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