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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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