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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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