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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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