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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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