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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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