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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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