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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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