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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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