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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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