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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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