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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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