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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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