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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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