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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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