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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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