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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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