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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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