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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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