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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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