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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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