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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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