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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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