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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key 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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