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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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