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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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