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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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