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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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