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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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