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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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