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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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