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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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