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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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