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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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