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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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