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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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