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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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