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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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