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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers 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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