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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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