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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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