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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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