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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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