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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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