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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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