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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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