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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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