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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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