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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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