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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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