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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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