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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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