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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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