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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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