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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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