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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies 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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