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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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