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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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